I am looking for members interested in participating in the following panel.

Kevin PooleNaropa University, Boulder

"Droppin' Knowledge Through Hip-Hop Performance"

My individual proposal is comprised of a dramatic scene between two rap MCs,one black and one white, written in spoken word. I am seeking people whomight be interested in forming a panel for the 2007 ATHE Conference in NewOrleans (July 26-29) on the theme of hip-hop and performance. Theconference will be centered on the theme "Regenerations: Theater andPerformance as a Regenerative Force". This panel will explore the power ofhip-hop as a force for social change through the media of language, poetry,and music as well as through the culture associated with hip-hop.

My individual piece is created as a dialogic performance that delves intorace relations and expectations in American society from the tongues of twopoets. I'm investigating the intersection between spoken word/rap/hip-hopand theater; performed poetry as theory; race issues embedded withinhip-hop; cultural ownership, agency, and co-option; and performance ofracialized identities (white and black) among other topics.

Please let me know if you have similar work that could speak to this piecethrough the formation of a performance or critical panel for the ATHEConference. You can contact me aty kdwayne_at_gmail.com.